Police are investigating three burglaries involving separate pharmacies in the San Fernando Valley Friday morning.
The thieves struck all three stores in about two hours beginning around 3:30 a.m. at a pharmacy in the 20000 block of Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills.
Officers responding to the call learned that an unknown number of males in black hoodies entered the location and took merchandise, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said.
The suspects fled the scene in an unknown direction.
Less than an hour later, police were called to a burglary in progress in the 18800 block of Ventura Boulevard in Tarzana.
Investigators say four male suspects wearing black clothes and ski masks entered the location and removed property.
The burglars fled northbound on Ventura Boulevard in a Dodge Durango with paper plates, the spokesperson said.
The third pharmacy was struck around 5:30 a.m. in the 16000 block of Ventura Boulevard in Encino.
Four males entered the location and took items from the store before leaving in a Dodge Durango.